Exodus 14:22:7Exod.14.22.W7TAB
לָהֶם֙
lahem
“for them”
- Transliteration
- la-HEM
- Extended
- lah-HEHM
- IPA
- /laˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- for them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-HEM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ha-MA-yim la-HEM
- clause
ve-ha-MA-yim la-HEM kho-MA mi-mi-NAM oo-mi-se-mo-LAM
- sentence
va-ya-VO-u ve-NEI-yis-ra-EL be-TOKH ha-YAM ba-yab-ba-SHA ve-ha-MA-yim la-HEM kho-MA mi-mi-NAM oo-mi-se-mo-LAM
Exegesis
Vehammayyim lāhem choma {וְהַמַּיִם לָהֶם חֹמָה | wᵉ-ha-may-yim lā-hem ḥō-māh} ‘and the waters for them {were} a wall’ uses lāhem to denote divine protection.
In context — Exodus 14:22
The Israelites walked through the midst of the sea on dry ground, and the waters became a wall for them on their right and on their left.
About this coordinate
Exodus 14:22:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Exodus 14:22, so the Hebrew word לָהֶם֙ (lahem) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Exod.14.22.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.14.22.W7.S1) and character.